I am currently working on a big project seeking to set up a biorefinery that will process 650,000 tonnes of forest residue per year. It is in the Haut-Saint-Maurice, or region number 4. I think that, first, we have to clarify exactly what is meant by “forest residue”. For example, when paper mills talk about residue, it is often slash residue, or wood chips that sell at a very high price and we cannot use to transform biomass into energy. For my part, I am talking about what you saw as you walked about, that is to say, logging residue that can be used. In Mauricie, for example, we are talking about 650,000 tonnes per year. This is obviously wet biomass.
On May 14th, 2015. See this statement in context.